Sunday, August 1, 2010

How did Frédéric Chopin die? I heard his sister Emily died of tuberculosis


How did Frédéric Chopin die? I heard his sister Emily died of tuberculosis.?
^^^^^ (Info on Emily Chopin from "Eternal Sonata" <-[Game])
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chronic pulmonary tuberculosis
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Yes, Chopin did die of pulmonary tuberculosis. It started out as a mild version of pneumonia that lasted about half of his short life, and it eventually became the deadly disease. And his sister Emily did die of tuberculosis when she was just fourteen. Chopin was devastated, since he loved his sisters so much. When poor Chopin was on his death bed, his sister Ludwika was the one that was there for him. She was the one that took his heart to Poland, as Chopin requested (he was afraid of being buried alive, so he asked that his heart be taken out of his body and brought to his native land.)
3 :
Most will agree on tuberculosis but there has been recent news that Chopin died of cystic fibrosis. Although scientists want Chopin's heart to be sure, the Polish government would not let them.
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You can read all about Chopin's life at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin Apparently it was just this year of 2008 that controversy arose regarding the precise nature of his illness, see Wikipedia, Final Years: "In 2008 a controversy arose over whether Chopin died of tuberculosis and not cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease whose complete clinical spectrum was not recognized until the 1930s, decades after his death. The Polish government declined to allow scientists to remove Chopin's heart from its repository for DNA testing.[36]" It's rather sad, I feel, that such a great composer as Chopin passed away in poverty and not able to afford proper medical attention. A great loss to the world then and now



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